Animal racing track



.Fam 22 9 1924. RASLBE W. c. AcRx-:vELlNG ANIMAL RACING TRACK Filed Deo. 29. 1921 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 A TTORNEYJ.

JAA.. 22, 192A. mmm@ \N.C.CREVEUNG ANIMAL RACING TRACK Filed DeC. 29 19214 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 ATTQRNEYS a v claims.

Patented .l'an. 22, i924.

WILLIAM CREVELING, 0F LOS ANGELES, GALEORNIA,

ASSIGNOR GF ONE-THIRD i TO WILLEAMI W. FINN; 01T SAN DEG, CLIFORNA, ONE-THERE T0 JOHN O. TALBOTT, OF DENVER, COLORADO, AND ONE-SIXTH '10 AGNES CREVELING, 0F

LOS ANGELES, CALFO'RNE...

1N 1MAL RACNG TRACE.

Application filed December 29, 1921; Serial No. 525,533.

.To all 'whom it' may oon/cem.'

Be it known'that l, WILLJAM C. Crm/ni.- ING, a citizen of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los,l Angeles and State of California, have in? vented new and useful Vimprovements in -Animal Racing Tracks, of which the ollowing is a specification.

-My invention relates to animal racing apparatus of that character in which dogs or other like animals'are induced to race about a track by means of a lure or object con- A purpose. of my invention is the provision of a racing apparatusA of the, above .described character including a. lure con-v veying' car which is movable over a conveyor track arranged within the area de? fined by the race track topermit of the formingof endless race and conveyor tracks so that the animals can be induced to traverse the entire race track one or more times.

It is also a purpose of my invention to provide. a racing apparatus. in'A which the lure conveying car'isso constructed as to insure of its easy and "unrestricted move-l ment over thefconveyor track, and one which includes a lure sustaining arm'and means 'co-operating ltherewith forv automatically causing 'a retraction of the arm-.from the 1 race track to 'effect a termination of a race.

I' will describe one form of racingjapparatus embodying my invention and will then point outthe novel Afeatures ther'eof'in -fln the vaccompanying drawings, L

AFigure l is Va-viewA showing in top plan a race track having `applied thereto one 'form of racing apparatus embodying my. in vention.

Fig. 2 View taken on the line 2--2 of Fig. i1.

Fig.` 3 is a top'plan view of. ythe lure `conveying car, comprised inthe apparatus.

shovvnfin the preceding views. y l Y Fig. 4 is a` fragmentary view partly' in section showing the current collector and constituting shown-,in Fig. 3.

Fig.- 5 vis an enlargedtransverse section vtaken approximately on the line 55 of Fig. Vv3.' I i is an enlarged vertical sectional v y pointsgto thel sides ofits axis of swinging.

a part :of the. conveyor car'.

Fig. 6 is an enlargedi cross section taken on the line 6 6 of Fig. 3, and with dotted lines showing a tripping device for a movable part ofthe apparatus. y

Fig. 7 is a view similar to F ig. tijshow? ingone form of trip embodying my invention inengaging position with respect Ato the latch vdevic Similar reference characters y refer. to similar parts in each ofthe severalviews.. Referring specifically to the drawings, my inventiomin itspresent embodiment,

animals are adapted to'travel', 'this track, inthe present instance, being of endless form as shown in Fig. 1 andencircled by a e5 1 comprises a race' trackR over which the ahousing H formed on its'track side with a `'relatively narrow slot or-passage 16K-in which is adapted to travel an arm A having -a l lure. 'L- supported .thereon in the manner.

clearly shown in Fig. 2. v

. As illustrated to advantagain: Fig. 3,V

the conveyor car K includes a chassls 17 ,I

supported for movement over the rails by means of wheels 18 fixed to'axles'19 and 20,

the former axle constituting the front axle of the car and being swivelly sustained on the chassis to allow of the necessary movement of the front wheels when traversin the endless curved protions of the track This swiveled front axle is yieldingly main'- Y vtained in normal position by a suitable spring or springs, such as 19?, that are secured to a fixed portion of the chassis and bear-on the rear-side of saidv front axle at movement. The axle 2O constitutes the rear 'and'driving axle ofthe car and is adapted to bedriven byan electric motor`21 through themedium of ears'22. Current is conveyed tothek motorv l by means of a current col-4 .jlector-which, as clearly shownv in Fig. 4, invchicles anarmf23 pivoted upon the chassls at As shown in Fig. 5, a stationary disc 28 is ixedly secured upon a yoke 29 rising from the chassis 17 and suitably secured thereto. Arranged in superimposed relation with respect to the disc 28 is a movable disc 30 mounted for rotational movement `by means of a bolt 31 extending aXially through both of said discs. The disc 30 vforms a support for the arm A with the latter bolted thereto in the manner shown in F ig. and extending radially therefrom with the lure Il mounted on'the outer end of the latter. The arm A and consequently the disc is normally urged to fa'retracted position with' 'respect to the race track R and .the slot 16 so that the lure is disposed Within the y housing I-I. This i's effected through the medium of a coiled contractile spring 32 secured at one end to the arm A and at its 'opposite end Ato the chassis 17, all in the manner clearly shown in Fig. 3.

To maintain the arm A in projected posi- 'tion wherein the lure Llis disposed directly above the track It, a latch 33 pivoted at the point 34 is adapted to engage Within recesses 35 formed in the discs 28 and 30 so as to lock the disc 30 against rotation upon the disc 28. This latch -33 is normally urged to-latching position through the action of gravity, but is adapted toy be moved to releasing position by means of a trip 36 located tween the track rails 15 and in the Vpath of movement of the latch 33. The

trip 36 is capable of tripping and non-tripping positions, and to thisrend it is mounted on ashaft 37 journaled in bearings 38 and provided with an operating crank39 which l1z0-formed in the movable can be extended to any suitable point for operation as will be understood from the consideration of Fig. 2.

To provide positive means for` securing.

the arm A in retracted-position and to prevent any swaying movement thereof wheny in such position, a springilatch 39 is secured to the yoke 29 so as to engage in a notch is@ 3o, it being clear by consideration of Fig. 3 `that the notch is in registration with the latch only when the arm A is in retracted position.

In the operation of the racing apparatus, thesupply of current 4to the; motor 21 of the conveyor car is controlled by rheostat 41 within a tower 42 adapted to be'occupied by an operator and located at one side -ot thev track afs clearly shown 'in Fig. 1. A

Y grandstand 43 may be provided for accomlmodation of the audience, as is clearly shown in Fig. 1. When current is supplied to the motor, a driving of the rear wheels 18 is ei'ected to cause `forward movement' of the car K, and with the arm A in extended position to dispose the lure Within the race track, which lure is caused to rapidly move along and above the track thereby inducing the animals to race aboutthe track as will naciera be understood. Ey virtue of the fact that the conveyor track is endless, the lure can be continuously moved throughout the entire length of the race track thereby indulcing the animals to traverse the track as many times as desired.

Vhen it is desired to terminate the race, the trip 36 is moved to tripping position so that when the car passes its point, the latch 33 will engage the-'trip and thus be moved free of the disc 30 to allow theA spring 32 to effect a retraction of the arm A so that the lure is drawn into the housing and out of sight of the animals.

Although I have herein shown and described only one form of racing apparatus embodying my invention, it is to be understood that various changes and modlfications may be made herein without departingv from the spirit of the invention and the i spirit and scope oit the appended claims.

I claim as my invention:

1. A racing apparatus 'of the character described comprising an endless race track.

an endless conveyor track within the area -P adapted to becugaged with said member t to lock thelat'tcr in the operative position oi.' thc lure, a trip member adapted to cngage said latch to release said member, and means connected vwith said arm and car adapted` to automatically retract the lure from lhc track to an inoperative position.

2. In 'a racing apparatus of the character described, a race track, a conveyor track, a `housing for the conveyor track, a car movable over the conveyor track, and a lure sustaining arm movably supported on the car to occupy au extended position in which thc lure is disposed in the race track, a lock for said arm in said position, means for releasingsaid lock,.and a device connected with said arm and amember on the body ol the car automatically acting to place said arm vin a retracted position in which the lure is withdrawn into the housing.

3. In a racing apparatus of the character y described, a race track, a conveyor. track, a housing for the conveyor track, a car movable over the conveyor track, a llure sustaining arm movably supported onthe car to occupy anextendcd position in which the lure 'is disposed in the race track and a retracted positionin which the lure is withdrawn into theJ housing, means for normally urging the arm to the retracted position, means for retaining the arm in exmeans. p '5. In a racing tended position, and means for releasing said retaining means to eifect a retraction of saidarm at a predetermined point Within the race track. A

1i. In aracing Yapparatus of the character describedfa car, a, lure I supporting alrm movably Sustained on the car to occupy` either of two extreme positions, means forf urging the arm to one extreme position, means for retammgthe arm in-the other extreme vposition against the action of said y urgingmeans, and means disposed in the, path of movement of said retainlng means for releasingthe latter-to. permit said arm to respond to the 7 action f of said -urging apparatus of the character descnibed, a dar, a lure .supporting arm .movably :sustained on the'car to o'cou yL either of two entreme,v positlons, means or urging the-artaxo one extreme p'osition,

' meansfor retaining" ,the arni in thefother cxtreme position ainst the actionof said I urging means, and a trip disposed inthe movable to occupv path of movement .of said retaining means l tripping and nontrip+y pingppsitions wit A relation-to said retain'- ing means.

' 6. In a racing apparatusofthe character ,.descnibed, a cara stationary'member sus-g tained onthe ycar, 'i a `movable member ymounted-on said stationary member, a lure arm fixed toy `,the movable member, means forurging the arm "and movable member` Vto one extreme position, 'a' `latch for securing the movable member -inl another extreme position*I again )the 'action of saidiurg'ing means,"and a trip adapted to be engaged by said \latch for" moving"`-the latter to re-A` leased position` 'with arespectttej the movable'v member;

inoperative vposition for the` lure.

described, a car, a disc lixedly secured to 'I the car, a second .disc movably sustainedon the first disc, an arm fixed to the movahie4 u "disc, a spring 'associated with said arm for urging the latter to one extreme posi,

tion, a spring latch engageable With said discs for retaining the arm in urged position, a gravity latch engaging the discs i'or securing the arm in another extreme position against the action of said sprin nect'ed with said arm and the carra'dapted.

to automatically retract the arm to an 9`.\ racing, apparatus of the character described-'comprising an endless race track,

an "endless conveyor track Within theara `defined-by thejrape track, av car movable ``onsaid conveyor track, ahousing on the cnni'feyortrack, said housing having a passage in its side, a lure carrying arm ro-` tatably mounted on'the car, said arm -being movable in opposite directionvin said pas;

sage`,a lock ,for said arimin the operative osition., of; the .lure,; me ans Jfor releasing said lock, and means fof* automatically retracting' saidoarmjto an inautolnatix.;Y,posi-V tion; of 'saidhire in said housing. In testimonyfwhereof'l have signed my" namezto `this specication." .A

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